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Juliana Manrique-Cordoba¹, Carlos Martorell-Llobregat², Miguel Ángel de la Casa-Lillo¹

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Summary

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This study enhances surgical robotics autonomy using Learning from Demonstration (LfD). Incorporating force data into trajectory learning significantly improves accuracy for robotic surgery applications.

Keywords:

hidden markov models learning from demonstration robotic trajectory learning surgical robotics trajectory simplification

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Area of Science:

Robotics
Surgical Technology
Machine Learning

Background:

Surgical robotics autonomy is advancing rapidly.
Learning from Demonstration (LfD) is crucial for developing autonomous surgical systems.
Current LfD methods require enhanced trajectory representation.

Purpose of the Study:

To improve trajectory generalization in high-dimensional spaces for surgical robotics.
To develop a more comprehensive representation of demonstrated trajectories using multidimensional data.
To enhance the codification and interpretation of information for LfD in surgical applications.

Main Methods:

Extended the Douglas-Peucker algorithm to include kinematic and dynamic trajectory data.
Collected and preprocessed motion and force interaction data.
Trained a hidden Markov model (HMM) comparing motion-only versus motion-and-force data.

Main Results:

Including force interaction data improved trajectory reconstruction accuracy.
Achieved a lower root mean squared error (RMSE) of 0.29 mm with force data, versus 0.44 mm without.
Demonstrated enhanced generalization in high-dimensional spaces.

Conclusions:

The proposed method effectively encodes, simplifies, and learns robotic trajectories.
Incorporating multidimensional trajectory data, including forces, is beneficial for LfD in surgical robotics.
This approach advances the development of autonomous surgical systems.